In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) is a federal, state and locally funded program providing assistance to eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals receiving Medi-Cal benefits who are unable to remain safely in their own homes without assistance. This includes those who would be able, with help, to return to their home from a hospital, nursing home, or board-and-care home. IHSS is an alternative to out-of-home care. IHSS provides a wide range of services to meet individual needs, including: accompaniment to medical appointments, ambulation, cooking, dressing, feeding, grooming, bathing, bowel and bladder care, housecleaning, laundry, monitoring behavior of non-self-directing or mentally-impaired people in order to safeguard against injury, paramedical services with specific limitations, shopping/errands, and transferring. Needs assessment and eligibility determination is performed in the home of the applicant prior to authorization of IHSS and at 12-month intervals thereafter.
To apply for IHSS please call (530) 661-2955.
Medi-Cal
IHSS is funded by Medi-Cal. IHSS applicants must be or become eligible for Medi-Cal in order to receive IHSS. To apply for Medi-Cal please visit the Yolo County Medi-Cal page.